So the day arrived for our family vacation to Macao – Hong Kong. We would meet my brother and his wife at HK since they were flying in from KL. It was baby Benjamin’s virgin flight so as with all others, I had to do a pseudo take off, landingContinue Reading

Since the day the bomb dropped on me exactly one month ago, I, who was always sure of who I am, am not so sure anymore. After much prayer and affirmation, I decided to take up the challenge despite the emphasis that promotion is not guaranteed. Afterall I would rather claim the prizeContinue Reading

Life is so ironic. Just two months ago, I made a conscious decision to choose life over career. I courageously signed away my promotion by telling my boss that I wanted to set up my own shop outside of work. And when I finally settled the upheaval in my heartContinue Reading

It is ironic that as I compose this blog that I and several other thousands of PMETs are waiting for our train to bring us home. Looking at the crowd, I anticipate I will need to wait for at least 3 trains before there is a remote chance of gettingContinue Reading

The sub title of this post is called ‘Hidden Costs’. And so began my intrepid journey as a business owner. I finally managed to place my order for a pallet of books albeit not without frustration. I found out that the slowness in response to my email was because theContinue Reading

Today would be our last day in India. While  I would have preferred an extra day or two to head further south to visit Ooty, a popular hill station in Tamil Nadu, my body was already breaking down from both my virus made worse by the less than sanitised water supply. Although I only drank bottledContinue Reading